Gypsy Swing & Hot Club Rhythm - Mandolin (book/CD)

Mel Bay Publications
Level: Beginning-Intermediate
Standard Notation and Tab

Learn 12 great swing standards recorded by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, and the Quintette of the Hot Club of France.

Includes standard notation, tablature, chord diagrams, lyrics, playing tips, and more. Each song is presented on the CD at slow and regular speed. First you'll hear the melody played on mandolin at a slow speed with just guitar backup, then it's repeated at regular speed with the band. Split track mixing on the recording allows the student to hear just the melody (while reading along in the book) or just the rhythm section, or both for maximum flexibility and specific study.
Finally the band plays several choruses and you play all the leads. Songs may be repeated, at slow or regular speed, as many times as you wish in order to perfect phrases, melodies and solos in a band context.

Songs:
After You've Gone 
Avalon
Baby Won't You Please Come Home? 
Chicago 
China Boy 
Dark Eyes
Rose Room
Some of These Days
St. Louis Blues
Swing in Minor
Swingin' Like '42 
The Sheik of Araby